Fitted bedroom. Bed won't fit!

Torry_Quine

I must be behind the times then in having a standard double bed.

cyclonebri1

Mark_Mark wrote: »

Keep up.

You don't design a bedroom for a 1500mm bed and leave a gap of 1500mm. There is no room for bedding and any designer should know this.

Some of the big companies employ surveyors to prevent such things like this happening.

I don't see you picking on the new boy as helping the OP either.

YOU keep up, he can't even fit a 1500mm bed in place. But, a decent designer would allow 5ft for a 4ft 6 bed I agree.

At present I think the OP would accept a shoehorn solution.

nobodyspecial

Torry_Quine wrote: »

I must be behind the times then in having a standard double bed.

Us too, but then we're not overweight and can fit a toddler in the middle :cool:

cyclonebri1

Mark_Mark wrote: »

Adding a spacer or filler will reduce the gap would it not?

If the outer walls remain constant anything between them and the inner units would place them nearer each other. Or have I got it the wrong way round?

Yes, you have it totally the wrong way "round".;)

Torry_Quine

nobodyspecial wrote: »

Us too, but then we're not overweight and can fit a toddler in the middle :cool:

We fit a cat!:o

Pinkypants

tyllwyd wrote: »

Most of the websites I have looked at have said that a kingsize bed is 5 foot wide or 150cm. As the OP has said, 5 foot is actually slightly more than 150cm.

It makes me wonder if king size beds are usually manufactured to metric sizes nowadays and 150cm is the standard size rather than 152.5cm. It might be worth ringing around a few bed shops to find out.

Some make to Imperial some make to Metric, but both are allowed tolerances as well. Making a mattress isn't the same as cutting a bit of wood to size.

I've known a king size be 5ft 1 and 1/2 inch before.

UK Bed sizes,

Small single 2ft6 (75cm)
Single 3ft0 (90cm)
3/4 4ft0 (120cm)
Double 4ft6 (135cm) all 6ft3 (190cm) Long

King Size 5ft0 (150cm)
Super King 6ft0 (180cm) all 6ft6 (200cm) long as standard.

Note, NO such thing as a Queen size bed in UK.

cyclonebri1

I don't know where the OP has got tom possibly still arguing in the store but;

Unless I've missed it he hasn't said how much space he has left outside of the wardrobe/link units, ie is it actually possible to spread the assembly.
Any store worth there salt would exchange the combination links/bridge that makes up the 1500 to on that gives 1600 say.

If that isn't possible the spacing idea has to be favourite, he want's a large bed, why compromise for 25mm?

Davetherave101

Hi everyone. Sorry it's taken a while to get back. Thanks for all the suggestions but as I've said it's completely fitted now including carpet so adjustments are simply not possible. All I asked was wether I stood a chance of arguing in the shop or not.

I went in store and explained what had happened. Said I'm happy to take half the blame. They said I can have 50% off a new bed from them and I also managed to blag some free paint.

I'm more than happy with the outcome.

Thanks to all those who gave me the advice I needed and didn't just try to teach me to suck eggs.

Regards

Dave

cyclonebri1

Davetherave101 wrote: »

Hi everyone. Sorry it's taken a while to get back. Thanks for all the suggestions but as I've said it's completely fitted now including carpet so adjustments are simply not possible. All I asked was wether I stood a chance of arguing in the shop or not.

I went in store and explained what had happened. Said I'm happy to take half the blame. They said I can have 50% off a new bed from them and I also managed to blag some free paint.

I'm more than happy with the outcome.

Thanks to all those who gave me the advice I needed and didn't just try to teach me to suck eggs.

Regards

Dave

Dave, can I just ask as I have been trying to get this answer from you from early on.

Given the suggestion to open the gap between the wardrobes and insert spacers either side of the bridging unit, did you have floor space to do that?

Not trying to teach you to suck eggs or rub your nose in it I hope, and I do realise it's all carpeted, that's the mistake you made in my opinion. But I was just trying to get an answer too this;

Could you have done what has been suggested if you had asked earlier?, ie, as soon as the units were assembled?

It's a lesson to others if that is the case.

Davetherave101

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Dave, can I just ask as I have been trying to get this answer from you from early on.

Given the suggestion to open the gap between the wardrobes and insert spacers either side of the bridging unit, did you have floor space to do that?

Not trying to teach you to suck eggs or rub your nose in it I hope, and I do realise it's all carpeted, that's the mistake you made in my opinion. But I was just trying to get an answer too this;

Could you have done what has been suggested if you had asked earlier?, ie, as soon as the units were assembled?

It's a lesson to others if that is the case.

Yes there was room before the carpet went in so using and end panel either side of the bridging units would have solved the problem. The lesson to be learnt is to measure twice and cut once. But if you do what I did then it's also nice to know homebase will take half the blame.